Lantern.



c. E. MOGKBBB.

LANTBRN.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. z8, 1914.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Attest MFM@ i :n i W,

nm Hormis PETERS co, WASHINGTON, n. f:4

nnirsn stradine, PATENT onnion f CHARLES E. MOCKBEE, F ROLLA, MISSOIRI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT I. SHIPLEY, OF UNIIYERSITY, MISSOURI.

Lenin-inn.

Specification of' Letters Patent.

g Patented July 14;, 1914.

Application led February 28, 1914. Serial No. 821,636.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Cininnns E. Moon-.f Bim, a citizen of the United States otf America, a resident of Rolla, of Phelps and State of ments in Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a lantern and has for its object the production of a lantern which may be readily lighted, and `with this object in View the lantern is so constructed that the globe may be very easily separated from the burner to permit the introduction of a match between the globe and burner.

The preferred form of my invention comprises a lower section including an oil pot and a burner; and an upper section provided with a globe and a globe holder, said upper and lower sections being slidably fitted together so that the globe carried by the upper section may be readily shifted from the burner in lighting the lantern.

The invention also includes certain details of construction, such, for example, as a spring or springs tending to separate the lantern sections, means for limiting the movement of said sections, and means for holding the sections in their normal position. p

Figure I is a side elevation partly in section. Fig. II is an enlarged vertical section taken approximately on the line II-IL Fig. I. t

In the accompanying drawings: A designates the lower section of my lantern and B is the upper section. The lower section comprises an oil pot 1, a burner 2, and upstanding tubular arms 3. The upper section preferably consists of a suitable dome 4, and depending tubular arms 5 telescoped with and slidably litted to the arms 3. A globe holder forming part of the upper section is preferably composed of a tubular member 6 engaging the upper edge of the globe 7, a globe seat 8 upon which the lower edge of the globe is seated, and diagonal wires 9 connecting the globe seat to the depending arms 5. The globe 7 is thus secured to theupper section B which may be moved to carry the globe toward and away from the burner, without loosening the globe from its holder and without in any in the county! Missouri, have in` vented certain new and useful Improvee yway changing the relative positions of the parts of the globe holder.

The upper section is normally locked in the positionshown in full lines, F ig. I, by yieldable latch members lOsecured to the lower section and interlocled with lugs 11 onthe upper section. Springs 12 seated on the lower section, engage abutment pins 13 on the upper section, said springs being under compression so that they tend to move the upper section to the position shown in dotted lines, t'. e. the springs tend to separate the globe from the bui'ner. The movement of the upper section is limited by the abutment pins 13 extending inwardly from the tubular arms 5 and adapted to engage abutment flanges 14.- oii rigid posts 15 arranged within the telescoping arms and secured to the lower section A. The abutment flanges 14 located above the plane of the tubular arms 8, serve as guides for the telescoping tubular arms.

When the latch members 10 are released from the lugs l1, the depending arms 5 slide upwardly in the arms 3 and the upper section is shifted to the position seen in dotted lines, the abutment pins 13 being then engaged with the abutment flanges 14. The globe is thus separated from the burner, and the lantern may be readily lighted by a match applied between the globe and burner. The upper section is then forced downwardly to its normal position and automatically locked in' said position by the yieldable latch members l0.

I claim:

l. A lantern comprising a lower section including a burner and upstanding tubes, an upper section including a globe holder and depending tubes telescoped with said upstanding tubes, a latch for holding' said parts in their normal positions, posts arranged within said tubes and secured to one of said sections, the other section being provided with an abutment extending inwardly from one of its Lubes and adapted to engage one of said posts to limit the relative movement of said sections, and springs surrounding said posts tending to move said sections away from each other.

:2. A lantern comprising a lower section including a burner and upstanding tubes, an upper section including a globe holder and depending tubes telescoped with said upstanding tubes,

a latch for holding said poststending to move said sections awayfromeaob other. v 10 3. A lantern comprising a lower section "including a burner andzupstanding tubes, an1

upper section including aglobe holder and depending tubes vstanding tubes, posts arranged within said l5 tubes end secured to the lower section, each o'f said posts being provided with en :ibutment flange at its upper end located Iabove the plane of the upstending 'tubes andeonstituting a, guido for the telescoping tubes, abutments secured to and extending in- 20 `werdly from the depending tubes adapted to engage the abutment flanges on `said posts, and springs surrounding the lower portions lof said posts, seated on the lower section and engaging the abutments on saidl 25 n CHAS. E. MOCKBEE. In the presence of` l J. H. SMITH,

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depending tubes.

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i Washington, D. C. 

